Also known as “Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565”, a classical piece of organ music attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach circa 1703. “BWV565 Redux” is KROKMITËN’s take on Bach’s near 10-Minute piece.

“Dubg (guitar) brought the idea and the arrangements for 7-String guitars of the original organ work. Since I’m not that big classical music buff, my main goal was to “Krokmitënize” the work and make it our own. I think we achieved just that!” states Simlev, KROKMITËN’s frontman.

“This piece is quite challenging and fun, it has been written for an organ played with hands and feet, lots of part require fingers acrobatics when arranged for the guitar. I wanted to respect the original score as much as possible and stay away from the cliché of hair guitar meets classical stuff (without naming those who we love to hate). The inherent heaviness and apocalyptic shades of this work were very well suited for KROKMITËN” says Dubg (guitar).

The recording lineup on "BWV565 Redux" includes: Dubg (guitars, bass), Simlev (vocals, guitars), and Mathz (drums). The recording, mixing and mastering has been done at EXPAZ Studio in Montréal by Guy Dubuisson and was produced by KROKMITËN.

KROKMITËN is an experimental Death Metal band from Montréal founded in 1991. After two demos and years of local gigs, they took a lengthy hiatus in 1995 to concentrate on their respective careers. In 2005, they regrouped to work on this ambitious critically-acclaimed multimedia project "Alpha-Beta" a 46-minute track with animation synced to the music available in its entirety for free on the band's website www.krokmiten.com.